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Angus King

Independent · U.S. Senator, Maine · Maine · Spectrum score -2

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Angus King is U.S. Senator, Maine in Maine. Political positions and ideology score -2 (Center). King is the independent with a whip count.

College: Dartmouth College, B.A. 1966 · University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 1969
Spouse: Mary Herman (m. 1984). Previously a prior marriage (div.)
Children: Five
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Maine · 2013–
Governor of Maine · 1995–2003
Attorney / energy entrepreneur / host · Maine public television · 1970s–1994

Net worth: $6.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $2.0M
2026 raised: $3.2M
Years in office: 31

Where Angus stands on the spectrum

Angus King scores -2 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -2 · Center · economic +1 · social +9 · authoritarian +5

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

King is the independent with a whip count. The file is a wind-and-energy businessman who sits as an independent and votes with Schumer, a Maine brand that lets both parties claim him in different sentences, and a fortune that predates the oath.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$6.0M

+200% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$2.0M

Now$6.0M

Energy entrepreneur (Conservation Law, wind) then independent governor then senator. The fortune is pre-Senate. The independence is a caucus choice.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $3.2M
Cash on hand: $1.8M

Top industries

Energy
Lawyers
Maine business

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Energy entrepreneur then independent. Funds plus leftover energy interests in ranges.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

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Live wire

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Conflicts

Independent who caucuses with Democrats — the brand and the whip at once.
Energy investments vs energy votes.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +1
Social: +9
Authoritarian: +5
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-12
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns+18
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+30
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.15

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

DW-NOMINATE
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.